I'm in the middle of editing the physical constants in Annex D. Per this morning's conference call, since most vendors have left P_K, P_Q, etc. at the values defined in the 2.0 LRM, we are going to revert those values. The values in the 2.1 and 2.2 LRM were taken from physics.nist.gov during the 2.1 LRM update. I have come across one quandary: in LRM 2.0, we have `define P_C 2.997924562e8 However, NIST now says that the value `define P_C 2.99792458e8 is exact. (I believe the meter is now defined in terms of how far light travels in 1/c of a second.) Also, LRM 2.0 says `define P_EPS0 8.85418792394420013968e-12 whereas NIST now says `define P_EPS0 8.854187817e-12 is exact. (Similarly, P_U0 and P_CELSIUS0 are exact.) I propose that, for those values that NIST now says are exact, there should be only one value in constants.vams, despite the fact that older LRMs had different values. That leaves P_Q, P_K, and P_H with differing values. -GeoffreyReceived on Thu Oct 19 10:07:36 2006
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